Hosepipe wreath

Make an unusual wreath from an old garden hose. Wrap an old hose around about 4 times to form the wreath shape. Tie with twine in a couple of places.  Add a rafia bow and decorations with the glue gun.  I used some moss, a mini flower pot, some silk flowers from an arrangement, and some mini garden tools, mini garden gloves, small bug box (all bought in the craft store).  I even added a plastic spider by the flower pot and a bird by the bug box. I have it hanging by the entrance to my garden - what a great conversation piece. This would make a wonderful gift for the gardener in your life.  This idea was shown in Birds and Bloom magazine. Use small sections of old hosepipes  -to support trees or plants to stakes. -to cover a pinching chain on a swing. -to repair the ends of other hoses that get damaged. -to make into a soaker hose by putting some holes in it at regular intervals -to cover wire handles of buckets,  paint cans, or any container with a metal handle -to make up a short hose to attache to your outside faucet or your laundry tub faucet -to outline that new flower bed you're planning -to make into a hoop to showcase a garden ornament that you hang from a tree  -to hold those large flower stems upright.   Cut a bunch of pieces of hose several inches long. Tie together with a rubberband or wire. Insert these into an opaque vase  - Use 12 to 18 inch sections of old hose as earwig traps.  Lay them on the ground at dusk around the base of the plants that are getting eaten Then, first thing in the morning you get a pail of soapy water and gently pick up each piece of hose and tap the end of it on the edge of the soapy water bucket. The earwigs fall out and drown, and you didn't use any pesticides.

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